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Most people still see chess as the purest sport: ALL strategy, ALL intellect, NO corruption. But behind the board, the real game has always been about power. And in FIDE’s world, the winner isn’t the one who plays best, it’s the one who buys the most votes.

FIDE gave Russia a stage to funnel money abroad, build alliances across the globe, and keep control of an intellectual sport that doubled as propaganda.

Why would Russia care so much about running… a chess club? Here’s how the Russians used the world's most intellectual sport to funnel money and quietly gain power across the globe for decades 🧵

@EmiratesFACup @AFCPortchester This year's FA Cup has already begun with 747 teams participating from all levels of the English football system. Here is how it works and why it is at risk of meaning less and less each year...

THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE 🤯🤯🤯 @AFCPortchester's Lee Wort with an unbelievable goal to help send them through to the #EmiratesFACup preliminary round 🏆

Today is “Golf’s Longest Day” Some big names will be competing for the last 71 spots in the field at the US Open at Oakmont. Some of those include: Rickie Fowler, Max Homa, George Bryan, Wesley Bryan, Sean Walsh, Luke Clanton, Blades Brown, Kurt Kitayama, Stewart Cink and more